A Ned Kelly biopic that avoids sentimentality
February 27, 2020
In 1879, Ned Kelly dictated what came to be known as the Jerilderie Letter to Joe Byrne, a member of his infamous gang. Stretching...
Will Gore
The New Pope: A dark, fantastical vision of the Vatican
January 16, 2020
The New Pope is not to be confused with The Two Popes, the buddy comedy about Francis and Benedict that Netflix released before Christmas...
The Two Popes is well-acted, but has little subtlety or depth
December 5, 2019
The big news for Netflix has been the release of The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s latest mobster epic which reunites Al Pacino, Robert De Niro...
How Italy contracted ‘the English disease’
November 28, 2019
Ultra By Tobias Jones, Head of Zeus, 288pp, £20/$25 Over the years English football hooligans have been the inspiration for a lot of shoddy...
Where ‘Spotlight’ focused on the media, this new drama is about the victims
October 24, 2019
It’s no surprise that François Ozon’s By the Grace of God is being compared to Spotlight, the Oscar-winning film about the uncovering of sexual...
The Belfast boxing gym that made peace amid sectarianism
May 30, 2019
For most Catholics living through the Troubles, an invitation to a meeting with the leaders of the main Loyalist paramilitary groups would have meant...
A deadly path from Mexico to the Oval Office
April 4, 2019
The Border By Don Winslow, Harper Collins, 746pp, £20/$29 Sometimes, when reading a novel, it’s love at first page. I had that sensation about...
Hollywood’s fascination with exorcism
January 10, 2019
In 2016, Fr Francesco Bamonte, president of the International Association of Exorcists, said that “the way in which evil, demonic possession, the prayer of...
The Brothers who would not be moved
December 6, 2018
With the beatification of the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine (and 11 other male and female Religious killed during the civil war that raged...
Arts essay: A psychopath? No, an unflinching realist
September 27, 2018
Jusepe de Ribera is far more than a Caravaggio tribute act, says Will Gore “They look a bit like Caravaggio.” That’s what most people...
A psychopath? No, Ribera was an unflinching realist
September 27, 2018
Jusepe de Ribera is far more than a Caravaggio tribute act, says Will Gore
Film: Polish heroes who defied the doubters
September 6, 2018
The year is 1940, and the Battle of Britain is going so badly for the RAF that the top brass are reluctantly considering allowing...
A Ned Kelly biopic that avoids sentimentality
February 27, 2020
In 1879, Ned Kelly dictated what came to be known as the Jerilderie Letter to Joe Byrne, a member of his infamous gang. Stretching...
The New Pope: A dark, fantastical vision of the Vatican
January 16, 2020
The New Pope is not to be confused with The Two Popes, the buddy comedy about Francis and Benedict that Netflix released before Christmas...
The Two Popes is well-acted, but has little subtlety or depth
December 5, 2019
The big news for Netflix has been the release of The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s latest mobster epic which reunites Al Pacino, Robert De Niro...
How Italy contracted ‘the English disease’
November 28, 2019
Ultra By Tobias Jones, Head of Zeus, 288pp, £20/$25 Over the years English football hooligans have been the inspiration for a lot of shoddy...
Where ‘Spotlight’ focused on the media, this new drama is about the victims
October 24, 2019
It’s no surprise that François Ozon’s By the Grace of God is being compared to Spotlight, the Oscar-winning film about the uncovering of sexual...
The Belfast boxing gym that made peace amid sectarianism
May 30, 2019
For most Catholics living through the Troubles, an invitation to a meeting with the leaders of the main Loyalist paramilitary groups would have meant...
A deadly path from Mexico to the Oval Office
April 4, 2019
The Border By Don Winslow, Harper Collins, 746pp, £20/$29 Sometimes, when reading a novel, it’s love at first page. I had that sensation about...
Hollywood’s fascination with exorcism
January 10, 2019
In 2016, Fr Francesco Bamonte, president of the International Association of Exorcists, said that “the way in which evil, demonic possession, the prayer of...
The Brothers who would not be moved
December 6, 2018
With the beatification of the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine (and 11 other male and female Religious killed during the civil war that raged...
Arts essay: A psychopath? No, an unflinching realist
September 27, 2018
Jusepe de Ribera is far more than a Caravaggio tribute act, says Will Gore “They look a bit like Caravaggio.” That’s what most people...
A psychopath? No, Ribera was an unflinching realist
September 27, 2018
Jusepe de Ribera is far more than a Caravaggio tribute act, says Will Gore
Film: Polish heroes who defied the doubters
September 6, 2018
The year is 1940, and the Battle of Britain is going so badly for the RAF that the top brass are reluctantly considering allowing...
